Wirewood Guardian — ruling 1

Unlike the normal cycling ability, Forestcycling doesn’t allow you to draw a card. Instead, it lets you search your library for a Forest card. After you find a Forest card in your library, you reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

Wirewood Guardian — ruling 2

Forestcycling is a form of cycling. Any ability that triggers on a card being cycled also triggers on Forestcycling this card. Any ability that stops a cycling ability from being activated also stops Forestcycling from being activated.

Wirewood Guardian — ruling 3

Forestcycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with Forestcycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.

Wirewood Guardian — ruling 4

You can choose to find any card with the Forest land type, including nonbasic lands. You can also choose not to find a card, even if there is a Forest card in your library.

Wirewood Guardian : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Wirewood Guardian is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Forestcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

How it works : Wirewood Guardian

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1February 1, 2009· Wizards of the Coast
Unlike the normal cycling ability, Forestcycling doesn’t allow you to draw a card. Instead, it lets you search your library for a Forest card. After you find a Forest card in your library, you reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2February 1, 2009· Wizards of the Coast
Forestcycling is a form of cycling. Any ability that triggers on a card being cycled also triggers on Forestcycling this card. Any ability that stops a cycling ability from being activated also stops Forestcycling from being activated.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3February 1, 2009· Wizards of the Coast
Forestcycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with Forestcycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4February 1, 2009· Wizards of the Coast
You can choose to find any card with the Forest land type, including nonbasic lands. You can also choose not to find a card, even if there is a Forest card in your library.
No other card is named in this ruling.